Leeuwarden railway station

Leeuwarden
Railway station in 2018
General information
Location	Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°11′45″N 5°47′28″E / 53.19583°N 5.79111°E / 53.19583; 5.79111
Line(s)	Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway Leeuwarden–Groningen railway
Platforms	6
History
Opened	27 October 1863
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Heerenveen towards Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 600 Terminus Grou-Jirnsum towards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1800 Grou-Jirnsum towards Lelystad Centrum NS Sprinter 9000 Preceding station Arriva Netherlands Following station Terminus Sneltrein 37300 Buitenpost towards Groningen Stoptrein 37000 Mantgum towards Sneek Stoptrein 37100 Mantgum towards Stavoren Deinum towards Harlingen Haven Stoptrein 37200 Terminus Terminus Stoptrein 37400 Leeuwarden Camminghaburen towards Groningen
Location Leeuwarden Location within Netherlands

Dutch Rijksmonument 24369

Leeuwarden railway station is the main railway station in Leeuwarden in Friesland, Netherlands. The station, which opened on 27 October 1863, is on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway.^[1] Leeuwarden was also the terminus of the North Friesland Railway which served Anjum and Harlingen via Stiens.^[2] Behind the station is a stabling point for many trains. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva; of the station's six platforms, five are terminating platforms and one is a through platform.